List of Famous people born in January

Yumi Yoshimura is a Japanese singer, musician and a member of the Japanese pop duo PUFFY, along with Ami Onuki.

Soumitra Chatterjee was an Indian film actor, director, playwright, writer and poet. He is best known for his collaborations with director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films.

Mathilde Seigner is a French actress. Seigner was born in Paris, France. She is the granddaughter of actor Louis Seigner (1903–1991). Seigner is the sister of Emmanuelle Seigner and a niece of Françoise Seigner.

Scott David Burrell is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently the men's basketball head coach at Southern Connecticut State University. He has played internationally and was also a professional baseball player.

Samia Suluhu Hassan, also sometimes known as Samia Suluhu, is a Tanzanian politician who is serving as the sixth and current president of Tanzania. She is a member of the ruling social-democrat Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party. Suluhu is the third female head of government of an East African Community (EAC) country, after Sylvie Kinigi in Burundi and Agathe Uwilingiyimana in Rwanda, and is also the first female president of Tanzania. She took office on 19 March 2021 after the death of the previous president, John Magufuli, on 17 March.

Gerburg Jahnke is a German comedian.

Audrey Lamy is a French actress. She is the sister of the actress Alexandra Lamy.

Valentina Illarionovna Talyzina is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985). Awarded the Order of Honor (2005) and the Order of Friendship (2010). Member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1964.

Joe Thomas Barrett IV is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints in 2018. He was also a member of the Seattle Seahawks and Pittsburgh Steelers.

Mohamed Al-Fayed is an Egyptian-born businessman whose residence and chief business interests have been in the United Kingdom since the late 1960s. Fayed's business interests include ownership of Hôtel Ritz Paris and formerly Harrods Department Store. Al-Fayed sold Fulham F.C. to Shahid Khan in 2013.